Subsidiaries
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Wellington, Birmingham. Poured a crystal clear golden colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt, light woody hops. The flavour is over moderate bitter, with a smooth, rich, malt, floral hop bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Wellington
on 30 Nov 2021
at 20:10
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Wellington, Birmingham. Poured a crystal clear golden colour with a short-lived, bubbly white head. The aroma is grainy malt, light banana. The flavour is light sweet, with a dry, yeasty, herbal, light floral, banana palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. A little extra carbonation would have been nice, but hey it’s cask!, otherwise a very drinkable beer.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Wellington
on 23 Nov 2021
at 20:10
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Standing Order, Derby. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a small cream head. The nose is fruity mixed with chocolate. A bit watery in the mouth, but dark fruits are there, together with malt loaf, chocolate and hints of coffee. Some hoppiness comes through in the finish. Not wildly exciting, but OK.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Sep 2021
at 20:32
6/10
Tried
on 21 Sep 2021
at 17:15
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hand-pulled half-pint, sat with 'Martinish' in The Shrewsbury Arms, Stafford on 27th July 2021. Amber body, white topping. Orchard fruits in the nose, bitter and fairly dry in the mouth.
Tried
on 28 Jul 2021
at 05:11
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Shrewsbury Arms, Stafford. Pours a bright copper with a small white head and good lacing. Some general hoppiness in the aroma. In the mouth it starts of as fruity with overripe apples and a hint of citrus on a tangerine base. Some hops do come through later, and the finish is dry and quite bitter. Reasonable, but not really an IPA.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jul 2021
at 23:13
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 4
Cask at Bird in Hand, Stafford (not listed in RateBeer) Well, this starts off promisingly. A vague aroma of hops. Pours hazy lemon yellow with a small white head. In the mouth the first impression is of the watery texture, with floral hops and some straw. But the more I drank, the worse it got ! Citrus came up and overwhelmed everything, leaving a horrible taste in the back of my throat, that lasted for ages. Not as bad as Oakham Citra, but not far off.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Aug 2020
at 19:06
6/10
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Nov 2019
at 17:48
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask (handpump) @ Lower Red Lion, 36 Fishpool Street, AL3 4RX St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England.
[ As Black Hole Voyager ].
ABV: 5.5%. Clear medium orange yellow colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, malt sour, apple. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, apple, malt sour, pale malt, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. [20190802]
4-3-4-2-8
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Nov 2019
at 10:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at GBBF ‘19, day four, 09/08/19. Black pour with a decent tan head. Nose is dark malts, chocolate sprinkle, dried fruits, charr. Taste comprises mellow roast, cocoa powder, toffee, brown sugar dusting, fruit loaf. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close. Decent enough porter.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Sep 2019
at 08:18